An unfortunate mix up cost a Jeopardy! contestant $1,200 on Thursday when she couldn't tell the difference between Jack White and Eminem. In a category devoted to vinyl, host Alex Trebek offered the clue, "A recent vinyl resurgence has been aided by this musician, who built a pressing plant in his Detroit hometown." To help…

Eminem has announced a string of European stadium and festival dates for this summer, to follow his stateside appearances co-headlining Coachella, Governor's Ball, and Bonnaroo. Tickets for the European tour go on sale this Friday, February 2, Billboard reports. See the full dates below:
6/30 - Oslo, Norway at Obos Oslo Sommertime Festival
7/2 -…

"River," Eminem's melodramatic Ed Sheeran-featuring Revival single, now has an equally over-the-top video. The video is seven minutes long (compared to 3:41 for the album version), so you know what you're in for: lots of dialogue heavy cut scenes and shots of Em and Ed standing in the rain and brooding in various dimly lit rooms. The narrative essentially follows…

After an introduction from Big Sean and Stoneman Douglas shooting survivor Alex Moscou, Eminem kicked off his iHeartRadio Awards performance of "Nowhere Fast," which included a new verse targeting the NRA. He was joined onstage by Kehlani, who is featured on the track.
"This whole country is going nuts and the NRA is on…

After performing a new version of his song "Nowhere Fast" taking shots at the NRA at Sunday's iHeartMusic Awards, Eminem has now released an "extended version" of the song, which includes the NRA diss verse. The update, which again features R&B vocalist Kehlani, voices specific frustration with the Sandy Hook gunman and the NRA's stronghold…

Jay-Z will be the next guest in David Letterman's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. In this preview for the upcoming episode Jay-Z talks to Dave about what it is that makes a "good rapper."
"You can have a great voice, and you can just almost say anything," Jay-Z says to Letterman. "I…

Eminem has released a new video for the Revival track "Framed." The clip, directed by James Larese, starts with a news report about Eminem "escaping an asylum" and being hunted down by police. It then transitions into quick-cut montages of dead bodies, darkened woods, and a bloody Em maintaining his innocence against accusations that he…

Eminem headlined Coachella's final night on Sunday, performing a string of hits from his two-decade career. His set featured a number of high-profile guest appearances, too. His mentor and label head Dr. Dre joined him for the 2001 classics "Still D.R.E," "Forgot About Dre," 2Pac/Dre's collaboration "California Love," and The Chronic's "Nuthin' But a G Thang" (during which…

Ahead of his new album The Book of Ryan, Royce da 5'9'' has released a new song and video for "Caterpillar," which features Eminem. Eminem and Royce together are known as the duo Bad Meets Evil, who last dropped an album in 2011 but hooked up for two songs on the Southpaw soundtrack back in 2015. On…

Both Jay-Z and Eminem have filed court documents alleging that the Weinstein Company owes them for unpaid work. The filings were made as a part of the former powerhouse film studio's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, and claim that TWC owes Em and Jay six figures each.
According to the celebrity gossip site The Blast, Jay-Z…

Every Eminem fan knows her name: Hailie, the rapper's daughter with ex-wife Kim Scott and only biological child. She was a little girl back in the era of "Hailie's Song," but time marches on, Eminem is 45, and Hailie Scott Mathers is now a 22-year-old Michigan State University grad with dreams of becoming a social media influencer—this according…

Eminem is drawing criticism from festival-goers who were frightened and upset over the rapper’s use of realistic gunshot sound effects during his headlining performance at Bonnaroo Saturday night (6/9).
Many fans screamed and ducked as a series of loud blasts rang through the crowd during Eminem’s performance of "Kill You," from his 2000…

Eminem's longtime manager Paul Rosenberg has responded to public criticism of a loud noise heard during the rapper's Saturday (June 9) performance at Bonnaroo, which multiple attendees described as a "gunshot" sound effect that caused frightened festivalgoers to fear the worst.
"Contrary to inaccurate reports, @Eminem does not use gunshot sound effects during his live show," Rosenberg…

Eminem has posted a video for the controversial track "Fall" from his latest studio album Kamikaze, which the rapper released without warning on Friday. The song, which was co-produced by Mike WiLL Made-It, features vocals by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, who said he was not in the studio for the making of the track and has voiced his disapproval…

As a white guy in hip-hop--a once-marginalized demographic that is now bordering on omnipresent--Eminem has always been focused on earning respect from his peers and from an audience looking for reasons to shun his very existence. Sixteen years ago, he declared that "a plaque and platinum status is wack if I’m not the baddest." Today,…

Eminem has earned his ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart with Kamikaze. Just one week after its surprise midnight release, the album has already moved 434,000 album-equivalent units in the week ending September 6, according to Billboard. Of that number, 252,000 units represent traditional album sales.
In terms of…

Eminem's video for "Lucky You" featuring Joyner Lucas has dropped. The song comes from his latest surprise album Kamikaze and follows the video for the controversial track "Fall," featuring Justin Vernon, in which Eminem goes on a rampage against Pitchfork, former associate Joe Budden, and Tyler the Creator, among others. "Lucky You" follows a similar critique of current rappers: "We…

Eminem has apologized for some of the homophobic lyrics on his new album Kamikaze. In a new multi-part interview with Sway, the rapper discussed "Fall," a Bon Iver-featured song on the album which attempts to diss Tyler the Creator using homophobic language. Em now says that the song and his use of the language was…

Eminem has released a fiery diss track directed at Machine Gun Kelly called "KILLSHOT." It's a response to MGK's recent "Rap Devil," which plays on the title of Eminem's overzealous 2013 miniepic "Rap God" and insults Em's age, struggles with addiction, facial hair, and more. "Rap Devil," in turn, was a response to a shot Eminem took at…